Perspectives
Articles, essays, and reflections from progressive Catholic voices.
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Third Wednesday of Advent
Our first reading from the book of Isaiah echoes what leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement are saying as they protest, that justice is due. Now, here, in these bodies, in this time.
Third Tuesday of Advent
In this reflection, John and Greg share their experiences of doing mission work in Tijuana and hearing the voices of the poor and excluded.
Third Monday of Advent: Memorial of St. John of the Cross
In a heart-wrenching dance of the Ave Maria, Sandra expresses her anguish over the deaths of her father to COVID-19 and her brother to cancer.
Third Sunday of Advent
Carla DeSola and Zara Anwar perform an evocative liturgical dance on the third Sunday of Advent, expressing jubilant rejoicing and powerful prophecy.
Second Saturday of Advent: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
In this time of Advent, let us look at Juan Diego and La Guadalupana as tools of our aspirations to overcome illness, be humble in the face of change, and stay determined in our belief in a gracious Divine.
Second Saturday of Advent: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
“More than a counter-narrative, Guadalupe is a cacophony of voices. They cohere in between elusive moments and spaces. They evoke the same liminality to which we are drawn as an Advent people.”
Second Friday of Advent
Sharon reflects on the hopes of the Prophet Isaiah and offers prayer with smudging (praying with smoke).
Second Friday of Advent
God delights in every hella queer teenager! God dances to the rhythm of our pride.
Second Thursday of Advent
Today is International Human Rights Day. We hear in our Gospel the prophetic words of Jesus that continue to speak to our current reality of human rights being violated in our communities, country, and around the world.
Church & Colonization: Searching for hope on stolen land
White settlers in the United States, the descendants of European colonial settlers, colonizers, refugees, and immigrants, are born into a complex social contract.